FICTION
No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister
Alice has always wanted to be a writer. Her talent is innate, but her stories remain safe and detached, until a devastating event breaks her heart open. Her words, in turn, find their way to readers, from a teenager hiding her homelessness, to an artist furious at the world around her, a bookseller in search of love, a widower rent by grief. Each one is drawn into Alice’s novel; each one discovers something different that alters their perspective, and presents new pathways forward for their lives.
The Endless Vessel by Charles Soule
A few years from now, in a world similar to ours, there exists a sort of “depression plague” that people refer to simply as “The Grey.” No one can predict whom it will afflict, or how, but once infected, there’s no coming back. A young Hong Kong based scientist, Lily Barnes, is trying to maintain her inner light in an increasingly dark world. The human race is dwindling, and people fighting to push forward are increasingly rare.
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
Once upon a time, a man who believed in fairy tales married a beautiful, mysterious woman named Indigo Maxwell-Casteñada. He was a scholar of myths. She was heiress to a fortune. They exchanged gifts and stories and believed they would live happily ever after — and in exchange for her love, Indigo extracted a promise: that her bridegroom would never pry into her past.
Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks
Yamaye lives for the weekend, when she goes raving with her friends, the “Tombstone Estate gyals,” at The Crypt, an underground dub reggae club in their industrial town on the outskirts of London. Raised by her distant father after her mother’s disappearance when she was a girl, Yamaye craves the oblivion of sound — a chance to escape into the rhythms of those smoke-filled nights, to discover who she really is in the dance-hall darkness.
NONFICTION
The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man by David Von Drehle
Charlie White was no ordinary neighbor. Born before radio, Charlie lived long enough to use a smartphone. When a shocking tragedy interrupted his idyllic boyhood, Charlie mastered survival strategies that reflect thousands of years of human wisdom. Thus armored, Charlie’s sense of adventure carried him on an epic journey across the continent, and later found him swinging across bandstands of the Jazz Age, racing aboard ambulances through Depression-era gangster wars, improvising techniques for early open-heart surgery, and cruising the Amazon as a guest of Peru’s president.
The New Heretics: Understanding the Conspiracy Theories Polarizing the World by Andy Thomas
Conspiracy theorists are being branded the new heretics. They are seen to threaten the very fabric of modern society. Yet the theorists prefer to call themselves “truth seekers.” In truth, the new heretics, whose numbers are swelling, are symptoms of a wider polarization splitting apart much of the world in ideological divisions. Many have lost trust in politicians and the media, while nuanced debate is crushed and information overload and manipulation breeds uncertainty, civil unrest and mental health issues.
Edison’s Ghosts: The Untold Weirdness of History’s Greatest Geniuses by Katie Spalding
“As Albert Einstein almost certainly never said, everyone is a genius – but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” So begins Katie Spalding’s spunky takedown of the Western canon, and how genius may not be as irrefutably great as we commonly understand. While most of us may never become Einstein, it may surprise you to learn that there’s probably a bunch of stuff you can do that Einstein couldn’t.
Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy by Henry Farrell
A deeply researched investigation that reveals how the United States is like a spider at the heart of an international web of surveillance and control, which it weaves in the form of globe-spanning networks such as fiber optic cables and obscure payment systems.
America’s security state first started to weaponize these channels after 9/11, when they seemed like necessities to combat terrorism ― but now they’re a matter of course. Today’s headlines about trade wars, sanctions, and technology disputes are merely tremors hinting at far greater seismic shifts beneath the surface.
CHILDREN’S
A Dog’s Best Friend: A Sesame Street Guide to Caring for Your Dog by Marie-Therese Miller
A new dog is an exciting addition to the family, and your friends from Sesame Street are here to help you be a responsible pet owner. Learn how to take care of your new pet by helping with things like feeding, walks, bath time, grooming, play time and cuddles. Learning how to care for a pet also helps us to show kindness and care toward the people in our lives, too. A great way to get a new pet that will love you for life is to adopt a shelter dog and give a lonely, abandoned pet a chance to be happy with a new family. Includes a list of ways you and your grown-ups can help shelter pets in need, like donating towels and blankets or hosting a “pet shower” to provide new toys and food to a local organization that helps animals.
Ages: 3 – 7
LIBRARY OPEN
• Lima Public Library is open to the public six days a week. Hours for the Main Library in Lima are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Our Cairo, Elida and Spencerville branch libraries are open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Our Lafayette branch is open from 12 noon to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday.
• Curbside pickup is available at the Main Library from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. Arrangements can be made by calling 567-712-5239, contacting the library through Facebook Messenger, or putting a hold on a book through the online catalog. 24 hour notice is required. Call us when you arrive (park near the main entrance) and your items will be brought to you.
